I will be there. Weekday night games are fun. While I love taking the boy to time appropriate games, it's nice to occasionally drink enough beer to miss key goals while visiting the head.
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I'm all for leaving them on the bench, maybe bring in Villa as a sub if you really need a goal, and having them both be ready to go for Atlanta
Even if they're both 100%, would much rather them be 100% and fully rested for Atlanta then play against an RSL we should have no trouble handling without them
we said that last year (leaving players out/ bench i think villa and harrison) and lost vs RSL. the difference this year is that we are not travelling to SLC
We also benched many other starters for that, not just Villa and Ring. Would like to see the full squad besides those two.
I mean, we started Okoli, Camargo, Pirlo, White, and Brillant. None of those guys besides maybe Brillant would even crack our 18 these days.
Yes. And we've improved. They have not.
We keep saying we are deeper this year then last, so let's find out.
Also, for last year's RSL game, there was a ton of changes, including the entire front 3. May have less changes for this because we aren't traveling out west, and we don't have a game for 11 days before hand
Way more important to get points vs Atlanta then RSL though. Not only because Atlanta is a conference foe, but also because they are the closest competitionn right now for that CCL spot
3 points is still 3 points regardless who we get them against.
But 3 points dropped by RSL are not the same as 3 dropped by ATL.
This does not mean I want to rest Villa and/or Ring. For that I'd want to know secret stuff about their fitness. I also don't like prioritizing one game over another in this way because -- though it might work -- the only guarantee is that you are playing less than your best available squad in a game that counts. But if a weird genie granted me a wish that could only be used to ensure a win over either RSL or Atlanta, I'd take Atlanta, because making them drop points is worth more.
very true, i was more trying to make the point that its not worth blowing one game to try and win another.
The game after this is much more important. At Atlanta. It's a conference opponent that will be fighting for the top two spots in the Eastern Conference. Let them rest.
I’ll take our A’s against their B’s to get an easy win. Take a few goal lead and make 3 immediate like-for-like subs to rest particular players. Those minutes will be important to fitness and situational timing - don’t want rusty players going in “cold” to Atlanta.
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